#IfIDieInPoliceCustody Messages Trend

As the FBI and Texas Rangers look into the cause of death of Sandra Bland last week, purported by Waller County Jail to be a suicide by hanging, Twitter users have turned her cause into a new, depressing rally cry. The hashtag #IfIDieInPoliceCustody has been trending all weekend, as Black people use it to express their fear that they could be the victims of police brutality while in custody. This also follows the Baltimore death of Freddie Gray, for which the six officers involved in his arrest are under indictment.

These tweets look like 140 character last will and testaments to readers. They're also giving voice to Bland, who can no longer speak for herself. The 28-year-old had been arrested on July 10 after a traffic stop, during which police said she kicked an officer.

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#IfIDieInPoliceCustody ask every question, and know that I did not end my own life. And protest in the spirit of the founding fathers.

Bland's friends and family have said that Bland was not suicidal, and was actively trying to arrange for her release on $5,000 bail. While a prosecutor pointed to a video she posted on Facebook revealing she suffered from depression, her family's lawyer says a the video is not proof of her mental state at the time of her death.

#IfIDieInPoliceCustody remind my children that what they know about me is real, what they will hear about me in the news is not.